Custom app for fit-out handover checklists
Appfront builds apps for finishing trades, such as plasterers, tilers, painters, and ceiling and partition builders, who hand over work per dwelling or room to the main contractor: a checklist per trade and per room, photos of the result, snag items with photo, location and who resolves them, the rectification date, and the main contractor's sign-off at the point of handover. So that handover isn't delayed by items nobody recorded, and any later dispute is settled with photos.
What is a handover checklist app for finishing trades?
A finishing contractor hands over work per dwelling, per room or per floor, often to a site manager at the main contractor who has a great deal else to deal with. What is agreed at handover determines whether payment is made and what still needs doing. A handover checklist app records that handover: what has been checked, what is in order, which snag items remain, who will resolve them and when.
Without such an app, the foreman walks through the dwelling with a printed list, jots down items in the margin and takes photos that stay on his phone. The main contractor keeps a separate list with different items. Damage caused by a later trade gets blamed on the plasterer, because nobody can show what condition things were in at handover. And snag items are forgotten until the buyer finds them at their own handover.
We build custom solutions because the checklist has to match your trade and your contractors: which checks you carry out per room, which requirements for flatness or finish apply, how contractors hand over and which lists they use themselves, and what planning and invoicing you work with. A generic inspection app knows about questions; it doesn't know about a unit number with rooms, snag items pinned to a floor plan, and a sign-off from the site manager.
Checklist per room
Per unit number and per room, the checks that belong to your trade, ticked off with a photo of the result, on a tablet in the dwelling.
Snag items with evidence
Every snag item with a photo, a position on the floor plan, a description, who resolves it and when, until it has been rectified and re-inspected.
Sign-off on the spot
The contractor's site manager walks through with you and signs on the tablet. What has been handed over is recorded with date and photos.
How we build your handover checklist app for finishing trades
We start with the last handover: how it went, which list was used, and how often a dispute about damage or snag items arose afterwards.
Your checks per room, the finish requirements, how contractors hand over, and the planning and invoicing you use.
Projects and unit numbers from the planning, floor plans, and the checklist per trade and room in the app.
Handover per room with photos, snag items with location and owner, and the contractor's sign-off with signature.
Repair and re-inspection of outstanding items, reporting per house number, integration with planning and invoicing, and ongoing management.
What a handover checklist app for finishing trades actually does
The components below come up at almost every finishing contractor. Which ones you need depends on your trade and on how your contractors hand over.
Projects and unit numbers
Projects with unit numbers and rooms from the planning, with the floor plan per house type.
Checklist per trade
Checks per room that belong to plasterwork, tiling, painting or ceilings, with a photo of the result.
Snagging items
An item with a photo, a position on the floor plan, a description, an owner and a deadline, even when another party has to resolve it.
Contractor sign-off
The site manager signs on the tablet before handover, with comments, and receives the report straight away by email.
Rectification and re-inspection
Rectification of a snag item signed off with a new photo, and a re-inspection if the contractor requests one.
Overview per project
Handed-over unit numbers, open snag items per team and per party, and what is ready to invoice.
Who we build a handover checklist app for finishing trades for
The app is designed for finishing trades where handovers still happen with paper lists and loose photos.
Plasterers
Many homes per project and damage caused by following trades. Photos at handover and sign-off are the core.
Tilers
Bathrooms and kitchens per plot with buyer options. The checklist per room and the snag items matter most.
Painters and wall finishers
Handover just before the buyer moves in. Repairs and re-inspection are what counts.
Ceiling and partition builders
Commercial construction per floor or zone. The location on the floor plan and the overview per project are the core.
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This page covers handover by the finishing contractor. For planning homes and crews, see our page on construction flow planning in finishing work, for buyer choices and additional works see our page on an app for buyer additional works, and for contracts with subcontractors see our page on an app for subcontractor contracts. You can read about our approach at building software.
For installations and larger projects with many parties, there is our software for snag lists at commissioning.
Why choose Appfront for your handover checklist app in finishing work?
Handover is the moment your work is finished. We build on that: what was done is recorded, snag items have an owner, and a sign-off that cannot be disputed later.
Evidence in case of damage
Photos of the result at handover, dated and signed off. Damage caused by a following trade can be demonstrated.
Snag items get resolved
Every item has an owner and a deadline. What is outstanding is visible per project before the buyer finds it.
Faster invoicing
A signed handover goes straight to invoicing. No waiting for a list that is sitting in someone's van.
Security and privacy for a handover checklist app in finishing work
The app contains project data, photos of homes, signatures and agreements with contractors. Access is set up by role: the foreman sees his projects, the contractor's site manager only the handovers he signs, and the office the whole picture. Every handover and change is logged with name and time.
The app runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups. Tablets are encrypted and can be blocked remotely.
Frequently asked questions about a handover checklist app in finishing work
Questions finishing trades ask before getting started.
It records the checks for your trade per plot and room with photos, keeps track of snag items with location, owner and deadline, lets the contractor's site manager sign at handover, follows repairs and re-inspection, and gives an overview per project of what has been handed over and what is outstanding.
Yes. They walk through with you, see the checklist and snag items, and sign on the tablet. The report is sent to them by email straight away, so they can file it in their own records.
At handover, photos of the result are stored with date and sign-off. If damage occurs later, you can show how it was when you handed over, and assign the item to the party that caused it.
Yes. The project with the checklists and floor plans is on the tablet, and handovers are sent as soon as there is signal.
Yes. If a contractor has its own list, it can be set up per project. For contractors without their own list, you use your standard checklist per trade.
Yes, provided those systems offer an integration. House numbers come from the schedule, and a signed handover sets the deadline for invoicing.
Ask that first. Many contractors have their own handover app, and you can sometimes work within it. Custom development makes sense if you work for many contractors, each with a different way of working, if you want to keep your own evidence, or if outstanding items and invoicing need to land in your own administration.
A handover that can't be disputed later?
Tell us what trade you work in, which contractors you work for, and how you currently handle handovers. We'll show you what the checklist, the outstanding items and the sign-off look like.